Entrepreneurship Second Edition

This second edition gives practical guidelines on how to develop business ideas and establish an enterprise. Drawing on their personal experience as entrepreneurs, business advisors and subject specialists, the authors look at: providing a comprehensive introduction to the world of business and its most important role player -- the entrepreneur; basic business concepts, in order to ensure understanding of the business environment and business in general; what successful entrepreneurs do and what contributes to successful entrepreneurship; the steps in the entrepreneurial process -- the feasibility study, the viability assessment and the development of a business plan; and some of the most important and essential business management functions that entrepreneurs have to address, such as marketing, finance, operations, human resources and purchasing, as these are all relevant to a start-up or new business. Using a fun and accessible approach the authors guide the reader to be positive yet critical, creative yet practical in their search for business ideas, and ultimately to thoroughly research business ideas to ensure profitability.

Drawing on their own creativity, energy, and personal experience, entrepreneurs identify and seek to fill needs not currently being met by existing products or services. By doing so, they create financial/and or social value. This text examines all phases of the entrepreneurial process: ideas for something new and better than what currently exists, determining whether these ideas suggest viable business opportunities, obtaining needed financial and human resources, securing intellectual property protection, launching the new venture, developing strategies for gaining and maintaining competitive advantage, and building a customer base. In discussing these and other topics, the text draws on research findings that help identify variables that play a role in entrepreneurs’ effective performance of these tasks, and so–ultimately–in their success.

With chapters focusing on China, India, Southeast Asia and South America, the Handbook explores views on the new hot spots in techno-entrepreneurship development.

Entrepreneurship introduces students to the risks and rewards of business ownership with a project-based pedagogy and a foundation in economic concepts. Students are guided through the elements and creation of a business plan, using a step-by-step narrative for selecting an idea for a business, social and ethical responsibilities, start-up options for the new business, operating the business, and expanding and exiting the business. The third edition reflects current business concepts such as trade agreements and trade barriers, the promotional mix, and insurance practices.

This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book. Written by award-winning experts, Steve Mariotti and Caroline Glackin, Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management presents complex economic, financial and business concepts in a manner easily understood by a variety of students. Based on a proven curriculum from the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), it is organized to follow the life-cycle of an entrepreneurial venture–from concept through implementation to harvesting or replication. Filled with examples from a broad range of industries, it moves further into the entrepreneurial process–discussing the business plan and also the unique aspects of managing and growing entrepreneurial ventures and small businesses.

(Black & White version) Fundamentals of Business was created for Virginia Tech's MGT 1104 Foundations of Business through a collaboration between the Pamplin College of Business and Virginia Tech Libraries. This book is freely available at: http://hdl.handle.net/10919/70961 It is licensed with a Creative Commons-NonCommercial ShareAlike 3.0 license.

Business Organizations: Practice, Theory and Emerging Challenges, 2nd Edition is more than just a comprehensive update to Business Organizations: Principles, Policies, and Practice. It provides a detailed discussion of the fundamentals that shape this area of law, and reviews important debates surrounding the nature of business organizations and the role they play in Canadian society. Through this approach, this casebook aims to enhance the reader?s understanding of business organizations, and the ways in which legal and policy decisions impact how they function. In addition to substantial revisions and updates, this edition features entirely new material. Most notably, the text now includes chapters that engage emerging issues related to Indigenous peoples, which in part act as a response to the calls to action from the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. This edition also features a new chapter on social enterprises and the increased momentum of social entrepreneurship. Drawing on the perspectives of leading Canadian business scholars and commentators, this text is designed to be an accessible classroom and research resource. It is a must-have addition to the faculty, firm, or private library of anyone interested in the various dimensions of the law of business organizations.